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Post by wildojinx on Jan 25, 2021 11:08:18 GMT -5
If Austin didnt leave in 2002, where do you see his career going? I've heard he would have lost the KOTR qualifier to Brock via Eddie interference, so we'd probably get Austin feuding with Eddie, and later, Benoit throughout the summer. As for after that, it's hard to say, I cant see him being willing to be an early victim of the reign of terror. Whatever happens though, he still likely retires in 2003 (he was on borrowed time by 2002).
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Post by Instant Classic on Jan 25, 2021 11:33:24 GMT -5
Perhaps a Brock feud and perhaps a Hogan feud, but I don’t think he wanted to work Hogan.
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Post by hassanchop on Jan 25, 2021 11:51:53 GMT -5
Takes over nWo?
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Post by salz4life on Jan 25, 2021 14:17:14 GMT -5
An Austin/Eddie program intrigues me.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 25, 2021 14:21:21 GMT -5
If he still was burnt out and having personal problems but for whatever reason didn't retire, he probably would have worked Eddie, Benoit, Jericho and still ended up retiring against Rock at XIX.
If he somehow was able to go for a few more years, I think we would have seen another title run or two and that big Mania match against Hogan. If they had the opportunity to do it, I could have seen Hogan/Austin for the WWE Title as the main event of WrestleMania 20. Again, lots of hypotheticals there.
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Post by chronocross on Jan 25, 2021 14:31:17 GMT -5
Probably after the Eddie program in June, he faces Brock at Vengeance in a KOTR rematch and loses. It felt like Austin was just there in 2002 after Trips return and the nWo coming in.
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Post by koreycaskets on Jan 25, 2021 16:24:02 GMT -5
Why do I remember Eddie and Austin starting a feued? No matches but I remember them arguing in a bar.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jan 25, 2021 16:28:28 GMT -5
He was in pretty bad shape physically. I dont know what schedule he was working at that time but if it was full time with house shows he might not have even made it to Mania 19.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 25, 2021 17:16:27 GMT -5
Austin sucked in 2002 mostly. He would have continued being stale and unmotivated until they let him punch Bischoff live on air, then just about survived long enough to make it to Mania to work The Rock.
The Eddie match might have been good, but everything Austin brought back to his ring game in 2001 disappeared the instant he turned back babyface. Even the match with Rock, while good, is mostly devoid of wrestling.
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Post by salz4life on Jan 25, 2021 17:46:43 GMT -5
He was in pretty bad shape physically. I dont know what schedule he was working at that time but if it was full time with house shows he might not have even made it to Mania 19. He almost died the day before Mania 19.... yeah, he got out at the right time. I might be making what happened to him the day before a lot worse than it was, but Austin was legit scared, so.... |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 25, 2021 18:18:27 GMT -5
Austin was very burned out, paranoid and body was falling apart in 02
If he didn't leave he would have flamed out in 2 months. Austin was not going to take a backseat to anyone and that attitude would have rubbed people the wrong way
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2021 5:56:35 GMT -5
It's for the best that he left because after Eddie he was going to work against Benoit and working that style of match (you know they'd both want to live up to their 01 matches) would have made his neck even worse than it already was.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Jan 26, 2021 11:03:56 GMT -5
Why do I remember Eddie and Austin starting a feued? No matches but I remember them arguing in a bar. I remember that too. It was supposed to lead to a match, but Flair (I think) inserted himself as Austin's replacement . |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2021 8:21:58 GMT -5
An Austin/Eddie program intrigues me. That was clearly where they were going. When he walked out the fandom talk online was all about how Austin/Eddie didn't get to happen now. Hell, I think right after Austin left they teased a sudden Austin return on Raw and then Eddie came out instead to massive (latino?) heat. |
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Post by timelimitdraw on Jan 28, 2021 5:28:33 GMT -5
Feud with Eddie and Flair, then Austin gets the undisputed title before putting over Lesnar at SummerSlam. Lesnar walks out for the exclusive Smackdown deal and Austin gets hot at Bischoff over it.
Austin wins a tournament for the new World title, but gets screwed out of it in October thanks to Bischoff's interference as Triple H wins. Bischoff becomes such a pain over the next few months that Vince McMahon orders a streetfight between the two at the Royal Rumble, which Austin easily wins.
Bischoff retailiates by bringing in Goldberg. Austin gets attacked at No Way Out in February. The doctors tell him to retire, but he says that he has one last fight in him.
Goldberg pins Austin at WrestleMania 19 in Austin's last match. Bischoff comes down to gloat, but Goldberg - annoyed by him - shoves him off. Goldberg hits the spear and the jackhammer on Bischoff as Austin watches while recovering in the corner. Austin then gets up and stuns Bischoff. Austin shakes Goldberg's hand, they have a beer bash in the ring, then both guys leave together.
Austin goes out on a high note and puts over Goldberg both in the ring and as the next guy. Goldberg turns face and Bischoff gets humiliated. End scene.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 28, 2021 7:12:51 GMT -5
Why do I remember Eddie and Austin starting a feued? No matches but I remember them arguing in a bar. I remember that too. It was supposed to lead to a match, but Flair (I think) inserted himself as Austin's replacement . Flair had to do a quick turn back babyface and ended up in a mini feud with Eddie (and Benoit?) after Austin walked out, if memory serves me right. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 28, 2021 7:25:04 GMT -5
It's hard to tell. I feel like he'd have hurt his legacy by sticking around a few years too long, but he also potentially wouldn't have had the domestic violence incident if his life wasn't spiraling as far, but perhaps that was inevitable.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 28, 2021 7:27:17 GMT -5
It's for the best that he left because after Eddie he was going to work against Benoit and working that style of match (you know they'd both want to live up to their 01 matches) would have made his neck even worse than it already was. Yeah, that'd have been a terrible idea. Eddie obviously could do the character work to get around Austin's busted body, but Benoit, not so much. |
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Post by fw91 on Jan 28, 2021 11:24:57 GMT -5
Feud with Bischoff
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2021 11:28:06 GMT -5
Fans might've turned on him. Austin is my personal GOAT, but he was HORRIBLE in 2002.
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